This work examines the perceptions, opinions, and concerns of traffic law enforcement professionals, stakeholders and the general public from EU organizations and member states. The aim was to obtain information related to national policy and strategies, acceptance, EU recommendations, and future plans. In-depth interviews, surveys, media analyses and literature searches were used to this end. The results show that stakeholders and TLE professionals see TLE as having a high priority on the political agenda. The need for effective enforcement was also recognised. Additionally, there was a strong commitment to automated enforcement and the need to complement all enforcement with passive enforcement strategies. Data collection, storage and access needed to be improved if cross-border enforcement was to be improved. Harmonisation was perceived as good only if it did not result in weakened national standards or a single authority overriding national authorities. There was also far less agreement about what constituted 'best practice' or how effective current practices were. With regard to the public, it would appear that they accept the idea of more traffic police control. However, the attitudes towards TLE varied depending on the offence. Some of the data also suggest that changes in legislation can change people's perception of the offence itself. (A). For the project website, and other reports, see http://www.vtt.fi/sites/pepper/
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